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Club Sports News
Women's precisionIe skating
The Michigan women's piion ice skat-
ing team had its first competition of the year
at Yost Ice Arena on Saturday, Dec. 5.
The Wolverines took first in a field that
included Michigan State.
Michigan will hold an exhibition at Yost Ice
Arena on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m:
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Fencing
.The Michigan fencing team competed at
;the Michigan Collegiate at Wayne State over
the weekend. Individual competitors from
Michigan State, Wayne State, Detroit, Notre
Dame and Michigan took part in the tourna-
ment.
Michigan took second, third, fifth and sixth
in women's epee, led by Ginger Zabel's sec-
ond-place finish.
The men took second and fourth in sabre,
led by Troy Thornberry's second-place show-
nTh Wolverines also took fifth and sixth in
men's foil along with a fourth-place finish in
women's foil.
Want your club sport's results in the Daily?
E-mail results to clubsports.diyumich.edt,
or call before 3 pam. Sunday.
Sports Desk: 647-3336



Bowl Championship Series Poll
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1. Tennessee 1 1 1 1 2 2
2. Florida State 2 2 2 2 2.25 1
3. Kansas State 4 4 4 4 1 4
4,.Ohio State 3 3 3 6.75 8
5.UCLA6' 5 5.5 3 4 5
6, Texas A&M 8 9 8.5 6 5 4
7. Arizona 5 6 5.5 5 9 9
8 Florida 7 7 7 10 8 t
9.Wisconsin 9 8 8.5 9 10 1
10. Tulane 10 10 10 8 14 1
11. Nebraska 14 16 15 11 7 1
12. Virginia 13 12 12.5 13 18 f
13. Arkansas 11 11 11 17 12 2
14. GeorgialTech 12 14 13 16 20 t
15. Syracuse 18, 17 17.5 17.25 16 7

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2 1.87
1 1.75
4 3.00
3 5.25
5.25 4.08
4 5.00
9 7.67
11 9.67
10 9.87
16.5: 12.83
13.5 10.50
L7 16.00
22.75 16.92
1.2 16.00

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0.16
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1.12
0.32
0.20
2.32
1.28
2.44
3.84
0.58
1.72
2.:36
1.76

Lssee TOWs
0 3.47
1 4.91
1 9.96
1 10.37
1 10.90
2 15.70
1 16.49
2 19.95.
1 21.61
0 26.67
3 29.06-
2 ' 32.22
2 32.28
2 32.76
3 34.80

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

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Who: Stacey Thomas
Hometown: Flint
High School: Southwestern Academy

Sport Basketball
,year Junior
Postion: Guard

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The BCS is compiled Wyusng the following a*ings: Associated Press, USA Ty godsyJESPN Coaches Poll. Seattle Times, Jeff Sagarin )rankir~s, New York
Times. schedule strengh and quartile rash.

Why: Thomas had a career weekend. Friday night she scored 15
points on 6-for-1O shooting from the field in 17 minutes. She also
pulleds down six rebounds and recorded five steals. Yesterday against
Cincinnati, Thomas led all scorers with 28 points, shooting 12-for-18
from the field.
Background: The 5-10 guard made the second team all-Big Ten teamr
in 1998 and was selected as freshman of the year in 1997. Thomas
spent this past summer playing on the USA Select Team.

How the AP Top 25 Fared
The ne AsCsote Press top 25 colleefoootb~sl poll with resufts thoVLh Dc.?7. First-

place votes in paretheses.
Team Now they fared
1. Tennessee (70) Beet MissisiIpi State, 24-14
2. Florida State Idle
-3 Ohi~o State Ile
4. Kansas State Lost to Txs A&M, 36.33
-5. Arizona idle
6. UCLA Lost to Miami, 490
7. Florida 48l
8. Texas A&MA Beat KanasState, 36.33
9. Wisconsin idle
1.0, Tulane k"t
11. Arkansas idS
12. Georgla Tech khle
13. Virginia Ifoe
14. Nebraska idle
1.5. gM Mhne
16. Air Force Beat Brigham UAV20.13
17. Notre Dame idle
18. Syracuse idle
19. Georgia idle
20. Texaidle
21. Oregon Idle
22. Penn Sate Idle
23. Mlssoui idle
24. Miami (Fla.) Beat UCLA, 49.45
25. MsssOpp State Logt to Tennessee, 24.14

Noxt game
Fiest a wl vs. Florida St.
fiesta Bowl vs. Tennessee
Sugar Bowl vs. Tex. A&M
Alamo Bowl vs. Purdue
HWay Bowl Vs, Nebraska
Roes Bowl vs. Wisconsin
Orenge Bowl vs. Syracuse
Sugar Bowi vs. ONiO State
Rose Bawl vs. UCLA
Liberty Bawl vs. BYU
Citrus Bowl vs. Michigan
Qatar Bowl vs. Nor e we
Feechi Bowl vs. Georgia
toltday Bawl vs Arizona
d rw f VAs. A*ws
Oahu Bowl vs. Washington
Qeto Bowl vs. Georgia Tech
Orange Bowl vs. Floride
Peach Bowl vs. Virginia
Cotton Bowl vm Miss. State
Aloha Bowl vs. Colorado
Outback Bowl vs. Kentucky
ln*Mghcom Bowl v8. W.Va.
Micron PC BOWl vs. NC. Bt.
Cotton Bowl vi. Tex"s

USA TdayIESN
Cac hes Poll
1-Tennessee (W) 12.0 1,548 2
2. Florida State (1) 11.1 1,464 4
3. Ohio State (1) 10.1 1,405 5
4. Kansas State 11.1 1.337 1
5, UCLA 141 1253 3
6. Arizona 11-1 1.244 6
7. Florida 92 1,166 7
8. Wisconsin 10}1 1,103 8
9. Texas A&M 11.2 11092 10
10. Tulane 110 964 9
11. Arkansas 9.2 820 11
12. Virginia 9.2 818 12
13. Air Force 11-1 799 13
14. Georgla Tech 9.2 749 14
15, Michigan 93 674 15
16. Nebraska 9.3 590 17
17. Syracuse &.3 538 18
18. Notre Came 9,2 522 18
19. Georgia 8.3 405 19
20. Penn State 8-3 350 20
21. Oregon .3~ 270 21
22, Texas 93 253 23
23. MississippI State 8.4 205 22
24, Virginia Tech &3 189 24
2S, West Virginia &3 127 25

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Lou Holtz returns
to South Carolina

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Schedule

Taft No events scheduled
Tomorow: No events scheduled
Wednesday, Dec. 9:
Mon's baske"bl at Eastern
Michigan, 7 p m.
Wbomen's besketbail at Bowling
Green. 7 p.m.
TWWrsdy, Det. 10: No events
scheduled
Friday Dec. :
Hockey vs. Northern Michigan, 7
pm., Yost Ice Arena
Wresstftn vs. Michigan State,
7:30 p.m., Cdsier Arena
SaturayDe. 12:
Mon's basketbal at Duke, 9 p.m.,
Women's basktbaltl at Illinois'
State, 3 p.m.
Women's gymnastis, Intrasquad
Meet, 7 pm. at crisier Arena

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Lou
Holtz strode to the freshly painted 50-
yard line, back in the game and bring-
ing his winner's legacy to a South
Carolina team coming off its worst
season in more than a century.
As the former Notre Dame coach
entered Williams Brice Stadium on
Friday, about 5,000 Gamecock fans
cheered and cheered - giving him 33
ovations in all.
"Our goal is to win the national
championship," Holtz said, drawing
even louder yells from the crowd as
the Gamecocks' mascot, Cocky,
roamed the stands, and a sign said
"Out w/the old, in w/the Lou."
Holtz, who has been a football ana-
lyst for CBS after 27 seasons as coach
and one national championship for the
Irish, takes over a Southeastern
Conference program that went 1-10
this year, its worst season in 106 years.
Coach Brad Scott was fired Nov. 23,
but on Friday was named an assistant
at archrival Clemson.
"When I left the University of Notre
Dame, I honestly felt I would never
coach again," Holtz said. "My heart is
now here at the University of South
Carolina. My effort and dedication is,
to you."
It was his family who convinced
him he should return to lead his sixth
team.
"A lot of people said, 'You can't win
at South Carolina and you're making a
big mistake if you go there,' and
they're absolutely right, I can't win
here. But our team can and we plan on
doing it," Holtz said.
Holtz promised the fans that "I'm
here because I want to be here."
The deal to bring Holtz to South
Carolina was to have been announced
Thursday night, but negotiations with
the 61-year-old coach dragged on
longer than expected. They went until
3:30 a.m. Friday. broke off, then
resumed at 7:30 a.m., said an athletic
department source who provided
details only on condition of anonymi-
ty.
At 10 a.m., Holtz wondered if he
would ever coach again' But 45 min-
utes later, he had completed the five-
year, $600,000-a-year deal.
"I thought if I didn't take this job, I

was never going to look at another
one,' he said.
Despite leaving Notre Dame after!
1 1 seasons in 1996, Holtz never lost
the desire to coach. With his wife,
Beth, improving from her battle with
throat cancer, Holtz said he felt ready
to stroll the sidelines again.
School trustee Mike Mungo was a
neighbor when H-oltz was an assistant
at South Carolina in 1966-67, and he"
ran into Holtz mgain this October Ain
New York.
"I came back here and told people
that he would be a wonderful answer-
to our problems;' Mungo said.
Holtz will be paid a SI150,000 base
salary, but boadcast revenues,;
endorsements other payments will
boost that to about $600,000 annually,
the school said. !". "
"From the very beginning of this
search, Lou Holtz was the coach, we
identified who hould be able to lead-
the Carolina program to the next '
level," athletic director Mike McGe
said.
Holtz said any delays in the negoti-
ations were the result of differences in
interpretations.
"It's not easy to put everything
together," Holtz 'said. "There wasn't
any problem or inidecision."
Sources had said the snag was at-
least in part over whether Skip Holtz-'
the coach at Connecticut, would eveni
tually succeed his father as head coach,
at South Carolina. The source who
spoke with The Associated Press said..
Skip Holtz was given no guarantees;
but would get "fair consideration" if
his father leaves. +
Lou Holtz said there was no cote-
tractual agreement covering his son.
But Holtz isn't planning on leaving
soon. He said that when he looked at '
South Carolina'si two U.S. senators,'-,
95-year-old Strom Thurmond and '76-
year-old Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, he
realized, "I've got a long tenure ahead "
of me.:'
Holtz was 100-30-2 at Notre Damie.
He also has coached William & Mary, -
North Carolina State, Arkansas and.
Minnesota, where he also took over a
1-10 team after the 1983 season. He
spent one season with the NFL's New--
York Jlets. 4J

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